Perhaps if he didn't get sloshed, gash his hand open, punch his girlfriend repeatedly in the face, hit her in the back, chase her around the house, get locked out, then go beating and banging on a neighbor's door in the middle of the night despite them asking him to stop...he'd still be alive.

Perhaps if he didn't get sloshed, gash his hand open, punch his girlfriend repeatedly in the face, hit her in the back, chase her around the house, get locked out, then go beating and banging on a neighbor's door in the middle of the night despite them asking him to stop...he'd still be alive.

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I'd consider it a waste precisely FOR all those reasons. Now want to call it a tragedy? Then it's more appropriate to use your reasons. Talented musician loses everything, including his life, because of a drunken rage. That IS a waste.

And I really feel bad for the homeowner who popped him. This guy's got to live with that for the rest of his life.